I'm crossing my fingers. I figure replace the power lead and wire it up to the step down. Then wire the step down to where ever the mains connects up inside the DVI.
Maybe down the road with the advice of some on here. I might try making my DVI UK compliant, using the service manual as a guide. On Sun, 16 Feb 2020, 7:48 pm B4 Me100, <b4me...@hotmail.com> wrote: > That looks like a neat small unit. If you can get it internally mounted > near the fan it should be a good option. > > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> on behalf of James Zeun < > james.z...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: <m...@bitchin100.com> > Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 7:30 PM > To: <m...@bitchin100.com> > Subject: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK > > First I'd like to thank everyone for their input thus far. And especially > for not just telling me to buy an adaptor and stop making my life so > difficult. > > I've gone ahead and bought this. > > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391506287248 > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2F391506287248&data=02%7C01%7C%7C360e7a1df37148e32c6f08d7b3169b58%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637174781978690063&sdata=LsVXHkBkicdGkn9rIZzh7lzS48NGLfsfviL0DGV4CZ4%3D&reserved=0> > > My thoughts were, remove it's guts and fit them inside the DVI (If I can). > It looks fairly compact. > > > > On Sun, 16 Feb 2020, 2:41 pm Jonathan Yuen, <jonathan.y...@slu.se> wrote: > >> Don't worry about the frequency for the drives. >> >> Floppy drives run on 5/12 volts DC, there is no AC there. Table saw had >> an induction motor, so a 60Hz motor goes slower on 50Hz. >> >> jonathan.y...@mykopat.slu.se >> ________________________________________ >> Från: M100 [m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] för james.z...@gmail.com [ >> james.z...@gmail.com] >> Skickat: den 16 februari 2020 12:10 >> Till: m...@bitchin100.com >> Ämne: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK >> >> Thanks guys >> >> I might give this a try, I’ve not taken the lid off my DVI yet (wasn’t >> any call to) but I was kind of hoping I could do all this inside the unit, >> fit the step down transformer inside the case. Just to keep things neat and >> tidy. >> >> On the subject of motors, the floppy drives should still operate as >> normal? With Jonathan mentioning his table saw, it got me wondering. >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On 16 Feb 2020, at 10:57 am, Jonathan Yuen <jonathan.y...@slu.se> >> wrote: >> > >> > Theoretically, transformers and motors made to run at 60Hz may >> overheat at 50Hz. I actually asked Steve Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar (who >> remembers that?) about this and got a fairly good answer. I had a >> Hammarlund Super Pro receiver once upon a time (US Signal Corps surplus) >> with a transformer that was good down to 25Hz and the power supply weighed >> a lot becasue of the steel in the transformer. >> > >> > In actual practice this has never happened to me, and I've migrated to >> the 50Hz world from the US. I even run a Sears table saw with its 60Hz >> motor on 50Hz (OK, it turns a bit slower) and figured I would just buy a >> new motor (maybe even 3 phase) when it burned out. Hasn't happened yet. >> > >> > Jonathan >> > >> > ________________________________________ >> > Från: M100 [m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] för B4 Me100 [ >> b4me...@hotmail.com] >> > Skickat: den 16 februari 2020 11:35 >> > Till: m...@bitchin100.com >> > Ämne: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK >> > >> > It should not, the changes made to use European voltages appear to be >> limited to the power supply area. There is a built in clock circuit that >> does not depend on the frequency of the supply. >> > >> > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com<mailto: >> m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com>> on behalf of <james.z...@gmail.com >> <mailto:james.z...@gmail.com>> >> > Reply-To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> >> > Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 10:02 AM >> > To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> >> > Subject: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK >> > >> > Would it effect the 50 / 60 hz frequency issue? >> > >> > >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > On 16 Feb 2020, at 6:38 am, B4 Me100 <b4me...@hotmail.com<mailto: >> b4me...@hotmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > >> > That should work. Although I would probably enclose it to prevent >> accidentally touching the 240/110V. >> > >> > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com<mailto: >> m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com>> on behalf of James Zeun < >> james.z...@gmail.com<mailto:james.z...@gmail.com>> >> > Reply-To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> >> > Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 1:03 AM >> > To: <m...@bitchin100.com<mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>> >> > Subject: Re: [M100] Using a US DVI unit in the UK >> > >> > I know little about power supplies, but I saw this and wondered if it >> wouldn't be any use for my situation. >> > >> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MV-100-P1S1-Multi-Voltage-240V-to-110V-Transformer-100VA/332172908312?hash=item4d570c5718:g:GEEAAOSwb7ddLEFV >> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FMV-100-P1S1-Multi-Voltage-240V-to-110V-Transformer-100VA%2F332172908312%3Fhash%3Ditem4d570c5718%3Ag%3AGEEAAOSwb7ddLEFV&data=02%7C01%7C%7C360e7a1df37148e32c6f08d7b3169b58%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637174781978690063&sdata=pl9lWLtsKAHvMhGwaMBdyZ6maPMqxBYyBK%2BC%2B7zh5UI%3D&reserved=0> >> < >> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FMV-100-P1S1-Multi-Voltage-240V-to-110V-Transformer-100VA%2F332172908312%3Fhash%3Ditem4d570c5718%3Ag%3AGEEAAOSwb7ddLEFV&data=02%7C01%7C%7C789357eab34f4e279a7408d7b2c757bf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637174441542688474&sdata=qhv0OtQjOo3DGUoPmJNVwrSwKVYX6Vkh2miUsKG%2B50Y%3D&reserved=0 >> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2FMV-100-P1S1-Multi-Voltage-240V-to-110V-Transformer-100VA%2F332172908312%3Fhash%3Ditem4d570c5718%3Ag%3AGEEAAOSwb7ddLEFV&data=02%7C01%7C%7C360e7a1df37148e32c6f08d7b3169b58%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637174781978700064&sdata=cQGl55IIwPJOFpvObiu576apui2VfNc1bYMJ7DNdUfc%3D&reserved=0> >> > >> > Taking a 240V input and converting it to a more acceptable 110v for the >> DVI. >> > --- >> > När du skickar e-post till SLU så innebär detta att SLU behandlar dina >> personuppgifter. 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